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Chandrani Murmu is India’s youngest MP

By winning the Keonjhar seat at the recently concluded general elections, Chandrani Murmu, 25, will become the youngest Member of Parliament when she takes oath of office next week. Murmu, who contested on a BJD ticket, beat two-time BJP MP Ananta Nayak with a huge margin of 66,203 votes. The engineering graduate from SOA University hails from Tikargumura village and won the Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat with 5,26,359 votes.

Photo: Odisha TV

Murmu is not the first one from her family to take part in politics. Her maternal grandfather, the late Harihar Soren, was elected to Parliament as a Congress MP in 1980 and 1984. “It is difficult to believe that I have been elected as youngest MP in India. With success, I have been bestowed with a huge responsibility. I will work hard for the people who have shown faith in me,” said Murmu to a daily after her win.